The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-04-28

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critical importance than ever to the
interest of Europe. 1t is, therefore,
most material that the public mind in
the various countries should be impair
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| apprehend that the high reputation
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ers and wide sympathies, qualify you
in a rare degree for the performance
Of this important task" The work, as
| am informed, is to be brought out
shortly through @. P. Putnam's Sons.
Since Frederick Warne & Co., the
London and New York publishers have
put their new ':Nutall's Standard Dc
tionary' before the American public,
it has put stop to the sales of all for
mer cheap editions, SO the leading
book dealers tell me. This new and
revised edition Of most handy and
popular dictionary at low price con-
tains one hundred thousand words in
Guiding the latest acCessions from SCI
ence, literature and common parlance
with clear, terse and simple definitions.
The appendices give the pronuncia-
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ations. The etymology Of each word
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rived, and its language being noted.
New Workers miss a great deal Of
the romance of their life. For in
stance, how many people who saw the
two poets, Stedman and Stoddard,
talking together in Fourteenth street
the other day recalled the memories
that cluster around them? Memories
Of Pfalf's, of Bayard Taylor, of the
"Echo Club" They are very differ
ent in appearance and character. Sted
man IS elegant. courteous, treating a
lady with Difference that no man to-
day can emulate. Stoddard is out
right like a chestnut burr-Without the
chestnuts, though. | caught bit Of
their talk as | stopped for a moment.
:" l." said Stedman, "would give a bad
poet Homer to study" a." roared
Stoddard, "would burn him alive!"
When the May number of L1bbIn-
coHs Magazine will make its appear
ance on the 25th inst, the author
{ Mrs. Poultney Bigelow) of that short
but interesting story in that number,
entitled "The Madison's Butler" will
be safely landed on the shores of the
old world, whittier she has sailed a few
days hence in company with her hus-
band, the editor Of Onfing, to be alb
sent for about five months. Judging
from Mrs. Bigelow's recent contribu-
tons to magazine literature, | deem
the authoress a woman of highly lit
erary qualifications. Mrs. Bigelow, |
am told, is the Daniel Buxton whose
story of "Mars and Mammon eX-
cited SO much interest when it ap-
peared in Ouhng. Mr.. Charles T.
Clay, the managing editor of the ont
ing magazine informs me that Mrs
Bigelow has written tor the May mum
Der of his monthly serial also, bear
ing the title: s.Down East"
The Rcc0Hefhons of Eminent NE,
of Mr.. E. ?, Whipple, published b.
the Tickn0rs, is doubly interesting il
the new light which has been cast b,
modern criticism upon the critica
work Of this author. Mr.. Whippl
knew books rather than men. H
Judged them much as he judged men
in kindly, negative way; he woulc
always rather praise than blame. H
+, chose his department of literary worI
less, it may almost be said, than tn
, work demanded him. He was a mos
: engaging critic; if he must needs con
z denim, he was not slow to give hig
, honor too. He was intimate with a.
of the famous men of his day; and i
writing the Rcc0HectI0HS he did nc
hesitate to tell OF the small foibles {
his friends, but with such sympatheti
, and winning humOr that the .'eminen
+ men" themselves would enjoy his sen
: tences not less, at least, than the read
ers still left in this world.
= Mr.. Maurice Thompson, who live
| in Charlottesville, Indiana, and wisel
T makes as much capital OF his provir
< cialism as city writer's do Of their loca
! surroundings, has written novel wit
/ the somewhat faulty-it it is hard 70 rl
: slst saying ..smarty'- title, "A Banke
: of Bankersville. But in spite of i
/ name, it is a story with much life an
r humor. love and suffering in it. II
g.. trials of the young woman who write
f from an entertaining diversion, an
h the somewhat complicated plot is maj
:, aged with admirable ingenuity.
: The career Of a distinctivelv literar
:. journal IS very trying one, and eve
n with the best success, there is n
: much profit. The Critic, perhaps Il
best known and edited of literary p;
o pers, has never paid its editors an
/. managers for the work and troub
X spent upon it. Everything has bee
n done in the way of special feature
n the testimonial to DR.. Holmes proyir